ความ

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Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣwaːmᴬ (matter). Cognate with Southern Thai ขว่าม, Isan ความ, Lao ຄວາມ (khuām), Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨾ, Khün ᨣ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨾ, ᦩᦱᧄ (xwaam) or ᦨᦱᧄ (kwaam), Tai Dam ꪁꪫꪱꪣ, Tai Dón ꪅꪱꪣ, Shan ၵႂၢမ်း (kwáam), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥛᥰ (xäam), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ) or 𑜁𑜨𑜪 (khoṃ), Zhuang vamz.

Pronunciation

Orthographicความ
g w ā m
Phonemic
คฺวาม
g ̥ w ā m
RomanizationPaiboonkwaam
Royal Institutekhwam
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰwaːm˧/(R)

Noun

ความ (kwaam)

  1. affair; matter.
  2. content; essence; subject.
  3. condition; manner; state.
  4. lawsuit.
  5. (archaic) language.

Prefix

ความ (kwaam)

  1. a prefix to convert a verb or adjective into an abstract noun.

Derived terms

See also